Shirt



J. Y. KING.

SHIRT. APPLICATION man MAR.19, 1919.

1,400,881. Patented Dec.20,1921

SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2d, 1921.,

Application filed March 19, 1919. Serial No. 283,552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN Y. Kine, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansdowne, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful improvements in iilhirts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in shirts, and has for its object to so design a shirt that the back thereof will be protected in such manner as to prevent mosquitos and other insects from biting or stinging the wearer of the shirt.

A further object of my invention is to so form and arrange the protecting member that a constant shifting movement upon the back of the shirt may be had when the wearer is engaged in work or sport, and

A still further object of my invention is to provide a protecting member which will protect the wearer from rain and cold.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a back view of a shirt made in accordance with my improvement showing the protecting member partially turned back, and a waist belt applied thereto, and

Fig. 2, is a section showing the back layer of the shirt with the protecting member thereon.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 1 represents the back section of the shirt, 2 the yoke thereto under which is attached the upper edge of the protecting member 3 and this protecting member is attached along the line of union between the shirt and the sleeves for a certain distance as indicated at 4 leaving the major portion thereof loose and therefore free to move independent of the back of the shirt.

5 represents pleats formed in the protecting member and secured under the yoke during the stitching of the yoke in place, or being made an integral part thereof, and these pleats serve to hold the protecting member out of close contact with the back of the shirt, thus giving a certain amount of ventilation therebetween.

Near the lower edge of the protecting member are secured the loops 6 for the insertion of an ordinary waist belt 7, or other means for fastening.

in practice the shirt is worn in the usual manner, the tails thereof being inserted within the trousers of the wearer, but the protecting member is left on the outside of the trousers and the ordinary waist belt as used for supporting the trousers is passed through the loops 6 and when buckled around the waist holds the protecting member in place, but leaves it loose and baggy in order to facilitate a constant movement thereof from the movements of the wearer or from the action of the wind thereon.

In practice I prefer to make the protecting member of such a length relative to the length of the shirt as to give it a pronounced bagging effect when the belt is secured in place arounc the waist of the wearer.

My invention is especially adapted as a working mans shirt or a sporting shirt and in practice 1 have found that this use thoroughly protects the wearer against the bite and sting of insects since its constant movement has a tendency of driving away such insects, but should they undertake to sting through the protecting member the slightest movement of the same will shift its position relative to the back of the shirt and prevent the proboscis of the insect from reaching the body of the wearer. l have also found in practice that this protecting member will greatly increase the durability of the shirt since the back of an ordinary shirt becomes wet with perspiration when the wearer is laboriously engaged and the sun shining upon this wet cloth tends to rot and deteriorate the fiber thereof and invariably the shirt will split between the shoulders after a limited use thereof, but this protecting member being loose and therefore not subjected to strain from the movements of the body of the wearer does not easily tear and protects the back of the shirt from undue deterioration.

if desired the protecting member may be made of water proof material and thus protect the wearer to a certain extent from exposure.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein curing it for a limited distance below the yoke 01": the shirt, plaits formed in the protectingmel'nber so a's'to hold it out of close contact with the back of the shirt, and loops attached along the side edges of the protecting member near the bottom edge thereof. v

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

l 7 JOHN Y. KING. 

